Season 1986/87
original illustrations of the kits worn during the season
Standard home kit
Shirt number
Playing Record in this kit:
P32 W16 D6 L10 F48 A28
This kit was worn in the following matches:
Date | Opposition | Date | Opposition |
---|---|---|---|
25/8 | West Ham (h) | 30/8 | Charlton A (h) |
13/9 | Southampton (h) | 24/9 | Port Vale (h) |
28/9 | Chelsea (h) | 7/10 | Port Vale (a) |
11/10 | Sheff Wed (h) | 18/10 | Luton T (h) |
28/10 | Southjampton (h) | 1/11 | Coventry C (h) |
8/11 | Oxford U (a) | 15/1 | Norwich C (a) |
22/11 | QPR (h) | 29/11 | Wimbledon (a) |
7/12 | Tottenham (h) | 20/12 | Leicester C (h) |
27/12 | Norwich C (h) | 1/1 | Newcastle U (h) |
10/1 | Man City (h) | 24/1 | Arsenal (h) |
31/1 | Coventry C (h) | 14/2 | Watford (h) |
21/2 | Chelsea (a) | 28/2 | Everton (h) |
7/3 | Man City (h) | 14/3 | Luton T (a) |
21/3 | Sheff Wed (a) | 28/3 | Nott'm F (h) |
4/4 | Oxford U (h) | 20/4 | Liverpool (h) |
2/5 | Wimbledon (h) | 9/5 | Aston Villa (h) |
Variant home kit
Shirt number
Playing Record in this kit:
P1 W0 D0 L1 F1 A2
This kit was worn in the following matches:
Date | Opposition | Date | Opposition |
---|---|---|---|
18/4 | Newcastle U (a) |
Variant home kit
Shirt number
Playing Record in this kit:
P6 W0 D4 L2 F5 A11
This kit was worn in the following matches:
Date | Opposition | Date | Opposition |
---|---|---|---|
6/9 | Leicester C (a) | 21/9 | Everton (a) |
26/10 | Man City (a) | 25/4 | QPR (a) |
4/5 | Spurs (a) | 6/5 | Coventry C (a) |
This kit was also worn in the following friendlies:
Date | Opposition | Date | Opposition |
---|---|---|---|
10/9 | Linfield (a) | 21/1 | Red Star (h) |
18/3 | Shamrock R (a) | 25/3 | Celtic (a) |
Home kit (Friendlies)
Shirt number
This kit was worn in the following matches:
Date | Opposition | Date | Opposition |
---|---|---|---|
8/8 | Dinamo Kyiv (a) | 9/4 | Rosenborg (h) |
Standard change kit
Shirt number
Playing Record in this kit:
P4 W1 D2 L1 F2 A2
This kit was worn in the following matches:
Date | Opposition | Date | Opposition |
---|---|---|---|
23/8 | Arsenal (a) | 4/10 | Nott'm F (a) |
26/12 | Liverpool (a) | 14/4 | West Ham (a) |
This kit was also worn in the following friendlies:
Date | Opposition | Date | Opposition |
---|---|---|---|
16/5 | Naxaar Lions (a) |
Variant change kit
Shirt number
Playing Record in this kit:
P2 W0 D2 L0 F3 A3
This kit was worn in the following matches:
Date | Opposition | Date | Opposition |
---|---|---|---|
13/12 | Aston Villa (a) | 7/2 | Charlton A (a) |
Variant change kit
Shirt number
Playing Record in this kit:
P1 W0 D0 L1 F0 A1
This kit was worn in the following matches:
Date | Opposition | Date | Opposition |
---|---|---|---|
16/9 | Watfortd (a) |
Standard third kit
Shirt number
Playing Record in this kit:
P2 W0 D1 L1 F2 A5
This kit was worn in the following matches:
Date | Opposition | Date | Opposition |
---|---|---|---|
4/11 | Southampton (a) | 3/1 | Southampton (a) |
Pre-season third kit
Shirt number
This kit was worn in the following matches:
Date | Opposition | ||
---|---|---|---|
10/8 | AFC Ajax (a) | ||
Kit identified by Yves Paemen |
Home Kit
Change Kit
The Season in brief
After a humiliating 4-1 defeat in the third round of the League Cup at Southampton, and with the side in nineteenth place after winning just three of their opening thirteen League games, the Board sacked Ron Atkinson.
Two days later, on November 6th, Alex Ferguson was appointed United's new manager.
The improvement in the results was gradual rather than dramatic. On Boxing Day Ferguson guided United to their first away win of the season, 1-0 at Anfield, and by the beginning of March, following a 2-0 win over City, the side had climbed to tenth.
They eventually finished in eleventh, having won just twice in their final eight games.
A Norman Whiteside goal was enough to knock out City in the F.A. Cup third round, but the side fell at the next hurdle, Coventry winning 1-0 at Old Trafford.
With the threat of relegation quickly dispelled United's new manager, rather than rush headlong into the transfer market, preferred to assess the players already at the club. Few of the youngsters in the junior sides were retained as Ferguson implemented a radical restructure. The success of this policy would not be apparent until the next decade.
All three of United's kits were re-designed for the new season, and were available in both short and long sleeved versions.
To avoid colour clashes the change black shorts were worn with the home shirt, and the home white shorts with the change shirt, on occasion.
As was the case with the previous adidas replica kits, these were easily differentiated from the player shirts as they featured embossed (rather than embroidered) club crests and manufacturers logos.